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The Bible Code - programme summary

Michael Drosnin is an American journalist and best selling author. He has written two books claiming that he can see into the future using a 3000 year old code, hidden in the Bible.

"We may have less than three years to save our world"

Michael Drosnin, journalist and author

What he can see is truly horrific; according to Drosnin, the world could end in an atomic holocaust - in 2006.

It sounds preposterous yet Drosnin claims to have serious scientific backing. Behind his findings lies the work of one of the world's most brilliant theoretical mathematicians, an Israeli professor called Eliyahu Rips.

In 1994, using exactly the same ancient code, Michael Drosnin accurately predicted the assassination of the Israeli Prime Minister Yitzak Rabin - twelve months before it occurred.

Drosnin's books on the Bible Code have been translated into most of the world's major languages and are read by millions of people. If he's right, he's stumbled on one of the most important discoveries ever made.

This week Horizon investigates the science behind the Bible Code.

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Scientific Refutation of the Bible Codes

Torah Codes

The Mathematicians Petition

Rabbis Experiment

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The Bible Code
Michael Drosnin

The Bible Code 2: The Countdown
Michael Drosnin

The Truth Behind the Bible Code
Jeffrey Satinover

Who Wrote the Bible Code?
Randall Ingermanson

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Equidistant Letter Sequences in the Book of Genesis. Witztum, Doran, Rips and Rosenberg. Statistical Science, Vol 9, No 3 (1994): 429

Snake Oil for Sale. Shlomo Sterberg. Bible Review (August 1997): 25